<p>The major objective of this work has been to provide a single, continuous, scriptural account of the life, ministry, and mission of the Lord. In other words, here the Four Gospels are synthesized into one Gospel.”<p>Thus writes David H. Yarn, Jr., in his preface to the first edition of The Four Gospels as One, published in 1961 by Harper & Brothers Publishers. This enlarged and revised edition of that earlier work includes footnote references to the Joseph Smith Translation as well as the Book of Mormon account of the personal ministry of the resurrected Savior among the people of ancient America. These passages are included as appendices to this edition.<p>“Many harmonies of the Gospels have been made since the early centuries of the Christian Era,” Dr. Yarn writes. “My intent was not to arrange another harmony but to make a synthesis of the Gospels. The principal idea of the synthesis was to avoid giving parallel accounts of events insofar as possible and to include what in my humble judgment appears to be the most complete or best expressed account of events or teachings. In many instances, it has been necessary to use verses from more than one Gospel concerning a given event, and this has involved interweaving those verses in such a way as to give a more comprehensive and clear account than is found in any one of the Gospels alone.”<p>Reading these accounts of the Savior’s life and ministry interwoven as one will help bring greater understanding and inspiration to students and teachers of the gospel, and to all who desire and are striving for a witness of the Holy Ghost of the divinity of Jesus Christ.</p>